The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the private rental landscape - shows...

The controversial Right To Rent, which obliges letting agents and landlords to check the right of prospective tenants to live in the UK, may be amended...

HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action.   Landlord Action was founded in 1999...

The consumer group Citizens Advice says it welcomes the Queen’s Speech confirmation of the upcoming ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in England, suggesting...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a formal consultation into a fee...

The annual report of The Property Ombudsman, released today, reveals that the largest compensation award of the year has been made against a letting agent.   In summary...

Leaders has returned to ther acquisition trail with its purchase of a local agency in Nottingham.   Leaders has snapped up Bulmer Estates, a family-run business owned by...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according to figures from a website.    Home...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on letting agents’ fees levied on...

The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are now generating double the annual...

Letting and estate agencies in Brighton and Hove have agreed to voluntary restrictions on the erection of To Let and For Sale boards in one area...

There has been a ‘robust’ improvement in the lettings market according to board company Agency Express.   It says its nationwide data on To Let and Let properties...

New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid letting agency fees.    A survey of...

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any short term holiday let websites...

A local authority has clamped down on what it describes as illegal advertising boards, fining agencies thousands of pounds in the process.  Student lettings firm Unipad Ltd...

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign to achieve this.  The Association of...

A PropTech company claims its new software platform will make it easier for letting agents and property managers to co-ordinate maintenance reports and inspections.  The platform haas...

Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly less poor performance than the...

At the latest meeting of the Fair Fees Forum, members described the current approach towards landlord licensing as a 'post code lottery'. The group, which was formed...

The number of EU nationals looking to move to the UK and rent has fallen in the year since the UK voted to leave the European. This...

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with the new housing minister. In an...

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows that the Staffordshire town provides...

Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The industry trade body reports that...

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton has been identified as the...

The preview event for the launch of a new rental auction site is receiving strong interest from letting agents. LetsBid4Lets says that in the week since the...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised suppliers and will offer landlords...

The pace of decreasing rental values in Prime Central London (PCL) has slowed, according to the latest data from Knight Frank. Average rental growth across all price...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human habitation' may be reconsidered following...

The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded its funding target. By the end...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The organisation...

Letting agents and landlords are being encouraged to promote and increase Direct Debit sign-ups for rental payments. Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) - the company behind Direct...

The firm run by former Countrywide lettings director Nick Dunning has announced the details of its latest acquisition. Nick Dunning Associates has acquired West London lettings-only business...

Government watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld four complaints made against a Liverpool letting agency. The complaints were made against a rental property listing submitted...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. Charles Thornton was fined at York Magistrates' Court last...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its Quarter Two Landlords Survey. The research study has been launched hot on the heels of last week's General Election...

High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications from landlords and property investors.  The...

The proportion of households living in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) will rise to 24% over the next four years, according to new research. Knight Frank's Multihousing...

Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event later this week. Duncan Smith will...

A specialist insurance provider has reminded landlords and letting agents of the pitfalls associated with rent guarantee insurance.  Cover4LetProperty suggests that squeezed profits and legislative changes have...

A growing sales and lettings agency in Leeds has announced the recruitment of nine new members of staff. Morgans, which describes itself as a city living specialist,...

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners paid a total of £3.7...

A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With just two days to go,...

Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar, 49, both pleaded guilty to...

A growing agency has appointed a new lettings team and is aiming to compete with its successful residential sales division. Heywoods, the largest independent estate agency in...

The nation's landlords are adapting to ongoing restrictions to tax relief on buy-to-let mortgage interest, according to Mortgages for Business. Upon releasing its latest Property Investor Survey,...

A new rental auction website is inviting letting agents to preview its launch at an event later this month. LetsBid4Lets.com, which claims to offer the first bidding...

A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who is a lettings manager at...

The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a negative effect on tenant demand. The...

A student landlord has been fined for failing to obtain the appropriate licences for two rental properties. Lisa Chatfield was ordered to pay almost £6,000 after pleading...

A Build to Rent scheme in Salford is launching this week with tenants moving in to purpose-built rental accommodation at 'The Slate Yard'. The scheme is being...